Despite the Album’s September release and the headline tour taking place across November, Gia was eager to share that it’s been nearly a year and a half since they wrapped up the project. A long time for an artist we both agreed, as she admitted the release has been more cathartic than life-changing.

Gia acknowledged It’s hyped reception, after being released from her private world into the public, has been pretty cool though. After all, every pursuit of music before was leading up to it, a boiling pot of creative internal not external pressure she stresses. As an up and coming artist it was all about taking her time to release her hive of ideas, inspirations and internal feelings in the perfect way without any industry or audience preconception. 

That being said, Gia admitted the album isn’t inspired by her personal experiences, rather representing an “anthology of characters or collection of short stories”. She suggests it’s this form of lyrical storytelling that’s allowed her to pursue those more sombre avenues and delve into creative darker tales that fascinate her, without any external pressure.

It’s hardly surprising when she admits this passion for storytelling has been part of her since childhood, shaping her creative journey since. Gia even shared it was only after each individually produced song was put together to form Transparent Things that she realised the links between them. All of the various characters and tales pieced together through shared dark, dangerous and intriguing themes. 

“I kind of realised unintentionally they were all of the same ilk, or world”, jokingly adding it became “an accidental concept album”. A keen interest in the many vignettes of culture surrounding life are Gia’s main sources of inspo she admits, “any little thread of a story you can find, from books, tv, film and more”, trigger her storyteller imagination. 

As a result it’s a regular occurrence for Gia to find herself slipping down rabbit holes, lost in new hypothetical tales. Before long it's through these imaginary tales that the songs give themself to her, Gia confesses. 

Just take the subtly ominous lyrics and electro style of Buzzing for you a reverie like tune from the album. One that came tumbling from her thoughts spiralling into a story after spotting someone working at home through a window.

The mysterious story-teller narrative alongside Gia’s vocals ranging from soft to dramatic, is something carried through the album. It’s something that will become even more apparent in releases to come, she admitted.However, Gia did concede it’s this impromptu inspiration and her meticulous nature of storytelling, that can make songwriting such a hard process. 

One and a half years on since the album was finished and she definitely feels as though she’s grown as a songwriter, Gia confidently asserted to me. Her ability to convey personal tastes and influences while remaining an external narrative voice solidified through experience.

For the Yorkshire born musician, it’s a process that breaks any preconceptions about a linear method. She’ll start writing from the notion of the character, imagining flashes of their inner world and circumstance, before letting the story evolve, with no defined arc.